Category: My books

Sold out – and back again!

Leopard Moon Rising and The Long Spring are available again.

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Spring journeys – March 2016

As part of my blog series The Long Spring - ten years on, I recall a walk around a favourite town, and the common wayside flowers of central Spain.

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The Cranes’ Journey

As part of my blog series The Long Spring - ten years on, I recall the first appearance of a bird that was to accompany me for virtually the whole of the rest of my journey, all the way to the far north of Norway.

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The Long Spring – ten years on

Laurence Rose’s ‘inspiring, eye-opening read’ (The Spectator) appears in a second, revised edition next month, with new material looking back...

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San Blas Day

3 February is – for those who celebrate – the first day of spring. At least it is in Spain,...

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Barn owl

The unexpected appearance of a barn owl in broad daylight on a snowy November day, as I was writing about…...

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Vulture Awareness Day

September 3rd is Vulture Awareness Day, and raising awareness of the plight of these critically endangered birds has never been...

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E.O. Wilson (10 June 1929 – 26 December 2021)

Edward O. Wilson was an influencer in the true sense - someone whose ideas and ability to communicate them will be valued for decades to come.

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Aarey Forest – victory for art, music and rhythm?

This week, an obscure institution known as the Aarey Dairy Development Corporation handed over 812 acres of forested land wedged between inner-city Mumbai and the hills of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) to the state forest department. If it was not the end of the battle to save Mumbai’s ‘green lung’, it may at least be the beginning of the end.

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Release the leopard!

Leopard Moon Rising, the latest book by Laurence Rose, will be released on 1 June as a paperback, on Kindle and other digital formats.

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